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Bobby Jones was involved in four playoffs in U.S. Opens. He won two and lost two. The 1929 U.S. Open is one of the two that Jones won in a playoff.

This was the third straight year the U.S. Open ended in a playoff, and the fourth time in five years.

This was Jones' third U.S. Open victory, but he nearly blew it in the final round. Jones had a 3-stroke lead over Gene Sarazen heading into Round 4, and led Al Espinosa by four. Then Jones did something uncharacteristic - he appeared to choke. Jones' round of 79 included two triple-bogeys, the second one on the 15th hole. A 3-putt bogey on the 16th followed.

Luckily for Jones, Sarazen wasn't doing much better, shooting 78. But Espinosa was in the clubhouse at 294, and Jones had to work to match that score. But the best way to stamp out accusations of choking is to recover from doing it. And that Jones did: He sank a 12-foot par putt on the 18th hole to tie Espinosa and get into a 36-hole playoff.

And then Jones dominated that playoff like no other playoff - before or since - has been dominated. He beat Espinosa by 23 strokes, 141 to 164.